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さかのぼ遡sakanobo るru
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to go upstream; to go up (a river)

    Usually written using kana alone

    鮭は川をさかのぼって砂に産卵する。
    Salmon go up the river and lay their eggs in the sand.
  2. to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to); to be retroactive (to)

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 溯る【さかのぼる】sakanoboru、逆上る【さかのぼる】sakanoboru、泝る【さかのぼる】sakanoboru

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遡及的そきゅうてきsokyuuteki

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)retroactive

遡及そきゅうsokyuu

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbretroactivity; retroaction; being retroactive (to)

遡源さくげんsakugen

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbgoing to the source; tracing to the origin

遡上そじょうsojou

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbgoing upstream; swimming upstream

遡行そこうsokou

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbgoing upstream; sailing against the current

遡求そきゅうsokyuu

Nounredemption; recourse

遡河魚そかぎょsokagyo

Nounanadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon)

遡求権そきゅうけんsokyuuken

Nounright of recourse; right for redemption

遡及法そきゅうほうsokyuuhou

Nounretroactive law; retrospective law

遡及書誌そきゅうしょしsokyuushoshi

Nounretrospective bibliography

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